Ballytobin

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballytobin, from 516 m² to 801,815 m² (80.18 ha, 198.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballytobin in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  is being sought for the existing Anaerobic Digester biogas facility at Camphill Ballytobin that received planning permission 1996 and was constructed and commissioned in 1998. (planning reference number 9698) Aspects of the facility that were constructed were at variance with the original permission set of drawings and retention is sought to rectify this.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660583

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  for the existing Anaerobic Digester biogas facility at Camphill Ballytobin that received planning permission 1996 and was constructed and commissioned in 1998. (planning reference number 9698) Aspects of the facility that were constructed were at variance with the original permission set of drawings and retention is sought to rectify this.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660552

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  is being sought for the existing Anaerobic Digester biogas facility at Camphill Ballytobin that received planning permission 1996 and was constructed and commissioned in 1998. (planning reference number 9698) Aspects of the facility that were constructed were at variance with the original permission set of drawings and retention is sought to rectify this.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660516

• 24 Jun 2026N/a

  is being sought for the existing Anaerobic Digester biogas facility at Camphill Ballytobin that received planning permission 1996 and was constructed and commissioned in 1998. (planning reference number 9698) Aspects of the facility that were constructed were at variance with the original permission set of drawings and retention is sought to rectify this.

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660395

• 26 May 2026N/a

  for a 10-Year planning permission for development at this site located in the townlands of Ballytobin & Ballyhall, County Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a Single Wind Turbine development on an 8.96-hectare site consisting of: - I. A single 4.26-megawatt (MW) wind turbine with an overall tip height of 159m, comprising a rotor diameter of 138m and a hub height 90m; II. Wind turbine foundation, crane hardstanding and assembly area; III. Temporary Construction Compound; IV. Upgrade of an existing field entrance to new wind farm site entrance; V. Upgrading and widening of existing access tracks; VI. New access tracks; VII. An on-site 20kV electrical substation, comprising of 2 Modular Substation Buildings; VIII. Electrical and communication cabling within private lands; IX. Tree felling, landscaping and reinstatement works; and X. All associated ancillary works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35-years from the date of commissioning. The Development consists of works within the curtilage of Ballytobin House, a protected structure, reference ‘C315’ as listed on the County Kilkenny Record of Protected Structures. This Planning Application is not subject to a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) or Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660316

• 1 May 2026N/a

  for the construction of a Single Wind Turbine development on an 8.96-hectare site consisting of: - I. A single 4.26-megawatt (MW) wind turbine with an overall tip height of 159m, comprising a rotor diameter of 138m and a hub height 90m; II. Wind turbine foundation, crane hardstanding and assembly area; III. Temporary Construction Compound; IV. Upgrade of an existing field entrance to new wind farm site entrance; V. Upgrading and widening of existing access tracks; VI. New access tracks; VII. An on-site 20kV electrical substation, comprising of 2 Modular Substation Buildings; VIII. Electrical and communication cabling within private lands; IX. Tree felling, landscaping and reinstatement works; and X. All associated ancillary works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35-years from the date of commissioning. This Planning Application is not subject to a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) or Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660259

• 24 Apr 2026N/a

  We, ART Generation Limited, intend to apply for a 10-Year planning permission for development at this site located in the townlands of Ballytobin & Ballyhall, County Kilkenny. The development will consist of the construction of a Single Wind Turbine development on an 8.96-hectare site consisting of: - I. A single 4.26-megawatt (MW) wind turbine with an overall tip height of 159m, comprising a rotor diameter of 138m and a hub height 90m; II. Wind turbine foundation, crane hardstanding and assembly area; III. Temporary Construction Compound; IV. Upgrade of an existing field entrance to new wind farm site entrance; V. Upgrading and widening of existing access tracks; VI. New access tracks; VII. An on-site 20kV electrical substation, comprising of 2 Modular Substation Buildings; VIII. Electrical and communication cabling within private lands; IX. Tree felling, landscaping and reinstatement works; and X. All associated ancillary works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35-years from the date of commissioning.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660246

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  for new dormer type dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21433

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  for proposed development which will consist of a 20kV grid connection from the consented Ballytobin Solar Farm to the existing 38kV ESB substation south of Callan Co.Kilkenny. The grid connection is 3.6km long. The grid connection line will consist of c.496m of overhead line and c.3.1km of underground cable. The cable ducting will be located in the existing road verge and in the road itself with short section of c.25m on the solar farm to connect to the overhead line. The applicaiton is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). An appropiate period of 10 years (ie.duration of the planning permission to construct the development) is sought, with an operational life of up to 30 years after the date of commissioning

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20899

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural storage shed for the purpose of storing dry farm produce along with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18175

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballytobin.

Recorded monuments

• KK026-020001 Church
  Description

  On an artificially raised area c. 50 SSE of Ballytobin house, with good views to the WSW and NW. The associated graveyard (KK026-020002-) was levelled in the 19th century (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 38 (28-9)). Within the church is a free-standing sandstone font (KK026-020003-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 44), the church was dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. A rectangular church (ext. dims. 12m E-W x 8.3m N-S) constructed of roughly coursed limestone with cut sandstone quoins. The W doorway and some of the windows also have sandstone surrounds. The side walls survive to full height. Only the nave of the church appears to survive, with a well-preserved gable wall between the nave and chancel, containing the voussoirs of a chancel arch. There was a small chamber above the chancel arch, accessed by a narrow stair and lit by a simple flat-headed ope. The chancel arch appears to have been blocked up and a large modern doorway has been inserted. Carrigan describes a credence at the S side of the arch and a locker at the N side (ibid.). The church was originally entered through a doorway (Wth 0.95m) in the W gable, now blocked up, the remaining sandstone jambs of which are chamfered internally. The door head, described as broken by Carrigan, is missing (ibid.). Externally tie stones project from the N end of the W gable. It is possible that these were a later insertion to accommodate an adjoining building for which there is no other evidence, or, if original, they may be the remains of an antae. At the E end of the S wall there is a limestone flat-headed single-light window with glazing-bar holes, which is chamfered externally with a hood-moulding with short drop labels, possibly a 16th-century insertion. In the wall opposite this, though at a higher level, there is a broken out window. Carrigan (ibid.) states that c. 1897, ‘portion of the interior of the church was excavated to a depth of 8ft. [2.4m], in order to construct a burial vault for the Bakers of the adjoining Ballytobin Ho. During the operations, three human skeletons were found resting on the solid rock; they were supposed to be the remains of ecclesiastics, secular or regular, and were again interred close by’. There are a number of headstones within the church and there is a privately owned burial plot adjoining the external W gable. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• KK026-020002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with the medieval church (KK026-020001-) which according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 44) was dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. The church is located on an artificially raised area c. 50 SSE of Ballytobin house, with good views to the WSW and NW. The OS Letters of 1839 (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 38 (28-9)) mention that there was, 'a large burying ground here till about thirty years ago [c. 1809] the proprietor, Mr. Baker, leveled it with the rest of the field'. The graveyard is indicated as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with the church in the S portion. Trees are depicted around the perimeter of the enclosure. There is no indication of a graveyard on the 1948 revision of the OS 6-inch map. A irregular dashed area is depicted surrounding the church on the 25-inch OS map, indicating a physically unenclosed area (dims. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW). Some burials where excavated within the church in the 19th century (Carrigan 1905, vol. 4, 44). There are also some headstones within the church and a private burial plot adjoining its W gable externally. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• KK026-020003 Font
  Description

  Within the medieval church (KK026-020001-) of Ballytobin which, according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 44), was dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. The church is located on an artificially raised area c. 50 SSE of Ballytobin house. A rectangular sandstone font with a circular bowl and central drain-hole. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• KK026-031001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) depicts a castle (KK026-031001-) and two houses (KK026-031002-; KK026-031003-) in the 17th-century townland of Ballaghtobbin and Croghtabeg. This corresponds with the modern townland of Ballytobin. According to Carrigan (1905, 44-5), Ballytobin House, 'probably occupies the site of the old residence or castle of the Tobins. About 200yrds [c. 180m] north of this there is, or was, till a few years ago, an old residence of the Hall family. Between both houses tradition locates a draw-well, the exact position of which, however is unknown, into which the Tobins cast several articles of value on the occasion of their hasty flight from Ballytobin at the approach of Cromwell and his army. In 1653, Ballaghtobin and Croghtabegg, the property of David Tobin, were granted to Ralph Hall and William Baker'. It seems likely that Carrigan is referring to the castle and one of the houses depicted on the Down Survey map. It is possible that the castle and/or 17th-century house are incorporated in the fabric of Ballytobin House or are located in close proximity to it. See attached: KK026-031001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2022

• KK026-031002 House - 17th century
  Description

  The Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) depicts a castle (KK026-031001-) and two houses (KK026-031002-; KK026-031003-) in the 17th-century townland of Ballaghtobbin and Croghtabeg. This corresponds with the modern townland of Ballytobin. According to Carrigan (1905, 44-5), Ballytobin House, 'probably occupies the site of the old residence or castle of the Tobins. About 200yrds [c. 180m] north of this there is, or was, till a few years ago, an old residence of the Hall family. Between both houses tradition locates a draw-well, the exact position of which, however is unknown, into which the Tobins cast several articles of value on the occasion of their hasty flight from Ballytobin at the approach of Cromwell and his army. In 1653, Ballaghtobin and Croghtabegg, the property of David Tobin, were granted to Ralph Hall and William Baker'. It seems likely that Carrigan is referring to the castle and one of the houses depicted on the Down Survey map. It is possible that the castle and/or 17th-century house are incorporated in the fabric of Ballytobin House or are located in close proximity to it. See attached: KK026-031002-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2022

Architectural heritage

• Ballaghtobin, house, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, rebuilt 1953, incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1750, on site with single-bay two-storey side elevations, and two-bay two-storey return to north-east leading to four-bay three-storey end block to east having two-bay three-storey side elevations. Now in use as guesthouse. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rooflight, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves. Ivy-clad unpainted roughcast walls with inscribed cut-limestone date stone/plaque, and unpainted rendered walls to rear (north) elevation. Square-headed window openings (some in tripartite arrangement) with cut-limestone sills, six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights to tripartite openings, and three-over-six timber sash windows to top floor end block. Elliptical-headed door opening with two cut-limestone steps, carved cut-limestone surround, timber panelled pilaster doorcase, timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers, and fanlight. Elliptical-headed door opening to house with timber panelled pilaster doorcase, glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers, and fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site.

• Ballaghtobin, farmyard complex, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1750, including:(i) Attached twelve-bay two-storey outbuilding with segmental-headed carriageway to left ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Part ivy-clad unpainted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings (including to first floor on cut-limestone sills) with tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Segmental-headed carriageway to left ground floor with timber lintel, and timber boarded double doors. Set back from road in grounds shared with Ballaghtobin.(ii) Attached three-bay double-height stable outbuilding. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered walls. Square-headed door openings with tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-doors having overlights.(iii) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic with four-bay single-storey lower wing to left. Part reroofed, c.1950. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with replacement corrugated-asbestos, c.1950, to wing, terracotta ridge tiles (rendered ridge to wing), and no rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, lintels, and timber fittings. Square-headed door openings with lintels, and timber doors.

• Ballaghtobin, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1850, comprising pair of cut-granite panelled piers with carved cornices supporting cut-granite capping, iron double gates having cast-iron finials, sections of iron flanking railings incorporating pedestrian gates, granite ashlar panelled outer piers with carved cornices supporting cut-granite capping, and random rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter of site having cut-limestone coping. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Ballaghtobin.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3409 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Ballytobin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Ballytobin · Bealach an Tóibínigh

Area

1,323,264 m² (132.33 ha, 326.99 acres)

Civil parish

Ballytobin, and its townlands

Barony

Kells

Electoral division

Mallardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mallardstown electoral division: 217 people in 80 households; 78% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhall, Caherlesk, Courtnabooly East, Kyleateera, Mallardstown Great, Monassa

Placenames

Ballytobin on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.